1️⃣ 4 years in the making, and we are just getting started.
When we started,
@commondotxyz was just a DAO tool—a way to coordinate onchain voting. today, it’s so much more. We’re building programmable communities, bringing together app, protocol, and agents to enable DAOs in ways we only dreamed of.
2️⃣ Problem: Coordination in DAOs.
Launching a token is just the beginning. post-launch, DAOs often fall short. We’ve seen this firsthand in nearly 3k communities. To be clear, there are many exceptions that prove the rule, but generally communities struggle to sustain engagement, align contributors, and drive meaningful progress.
Here’s the announcement post:
blog.commonwealth.im/common-…
3️⃣ Solution: Programmable Communities > DAOs.
Break down every action within a community—minting, voting, launching—and incentivize it.
With programmable communities, actions are fully customizable, letting users and agents participate seamlessly with a automated, onchain feedback loop.
4️⃣ What are Loops?
Loops are programmable units of coordination. They let communities define actions, reward contributions, and automate outcomes.
Actions might be onchain (like funding or voting) or off-chain (like posts or proposals). Rewards could be tokens, nfts, or anything that aligns with the community’s goals.
5️⃣ How Loops Work:
1. Define actions—farcaster posts, forum votes, or governance transactions.
2. Set rewards—tokens, nfts, or other incentives.
3. Customize rules—gate access, trigger external contracts, or automate payouts.
4. deploy—relayers handle the tech, so users focus on contributing.
6️⃣ Why use Common Protocol?
Most projects struggle post-launch, cobbling together tools that don’t work well together. common protocol simplifies this with an all-in-one system for:
- communities: incentivize engagement with targeted rewards on platforms like
@commondotxyz or
@farcaster_xyz.
- users: earn rewards for governance, farcaster posts, or holding idle capital.
- builders: launch new social experiences fast with access to 300k verified wallets, 3k communities, and over $12 billion in governed assets.
Common streamlines coordination, letting you focus on growth and impact.
7️⃣ What can you build with loops?
- 💰 launch capital: memecoin or idea launchpads, bio-research funding, or public goods tools.
- 🎭 build subcultures: social networks tailored to communities, ranked by meaningful actions.
- ⚖️ better governance: incentivize voter participation, proposal engagement, or delegation.
8️⃣ From DAO tool to programmable community stack.
Communities today need more than just a tool—they need an ecosystem, a place where capital, attention, and talent come together seamlessly. It starts with app -> protocol -> and agents to help scale any idea